Re: Roger's Quiz :-(
From: Jim Callahan <jim@t...>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:46:43 -0500
Subject: Re: Roger's Quiz :-(
Trust john...:)
On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 04:12 AM, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
wrote:
> John Atkinson schrieb:
>> NSL:
>> a "Let's check the manual."
>
> 'Let's do it by the book' sounds better ;-)
>
>> b "Let's invade Poland and take theirs."
>
> Now pardon me if I don't like this one.
>
> Several reasons:
> - Ethnic jokes are always tricky, and as close to the target, I feel
> this one is over the top (How would you like an NAC version: "Let's
> invade Iraq and take theirs." ? )
> - Jon has explicitly said many times that NSL are not 'Nazis in space'
> - There is no Poland in the Tuffleyverse (the FSE might be a
substitute
> if you insist)
>
> Miffed
> Karl Heinz
>